According to MSNBC.com, the Deep Impact NASA space probe that successfully launched an impactor at Comet Tempel 1 earlier this month, causing a cosmic collision that was photographed by scientists worldwide, may be given another chance to contribute to mankind's knowledge of cometary bodies.
A nominal sum has been allocated by NASA toward the goal of maneuvering the spacecraft close to an object dubbed "85P/Boethin", a comet which is expected to make two close encounters with Earth in the first half of the 21st Century. Full funding for this extended mission has not yet been granted.
Deep Impact survived its encounter with Tempel 1 completely undamaged and is in a position to be put in safe mode for its possible future date with Boethin.
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